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Hate Notes  by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward Pub date: November 6, 2018 Publisher: Montlake Romance Available in Canada through Thomas Allen & Son Add to Goodreads:   https://bit.ly/2OKkaQE Description:  From  New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes an unexpected love story of secondhand hearts and second chances… It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress. Something blue. I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.” Stitched into the lining of a fabulously feathered design was the loveliest message I’d ever read:  Thank you for making all of my dreams come true. The name embossed on the blue stationery:  Reed Eastwood , obviously the most romantic man who ever lived. I also discovered he’s the most gorgeous. If only my true-love fantasies had stopped there. Because I’ve since found out something e...

Title: Into the Dim Author: Janet B. Taylor Pages: 432 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Release Date: March 1, 2016 Summary (Goodreads) “Seventy-two hours, then we have to be back at the clearing. Sunrise on the third day.”     Being “the homeschooled girl,” in a small town, Hope Walton’s crippling phobias and photographic memory don’t help her fit in with her adoptive dad’s perfectly blonde Southern family. But when her mother is killed in a natural disaster thousands of miles from home, Hope’s secluded world crumbles. After an aunt she’s never met invites her to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic. She’s a member of a secret society of time travelers, and is actually trapped in the twelfth century in the age of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Now Hope must conquer her numerous fears and travel back in time to help rescue her mother before she’s lost for good. Along the way, ...

Title: Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3)  Author: Robin LaFevers  Pages: 444 Genre: YA Publisher: HMH Young Readers/Thomas Allen Ltd  Release Date: November 4, 2014 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *ARC was provided by the publisher for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has... Review:  Mortal Heart is the last book in the His Fair Assassin series which has now become one of my favorites because this book wa...

  Hey everyone!! To celebrate Halloween Stuck In YA Books and the awesome publishing company Thomas Allen LTD are hosting a giveaway for CANADIAN book followers! For this Halloween giveaway it is...... 2 books by popular author Beth Fantaskey: Jessica's Guide to Dating the Dark Side and Jessica Rules the Dark Side Rules:  Open to Canada Ends on November 1, 2012 * This giveaway is also hosted by Thomas Allen LTD who is giving away the copies to one lucky winner of both books! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Title: First Comes Love Author: Katie Kacvinsky Pages: 224 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/ Thomas Allen & Sons Release Date: May 8, 2012 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barnes and Noble | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) Like his name, Gray is dark and stormy. Dylan, a girl always searching for what’s next, seemingly unable to settle down, is the exact opposite: full of light and life. On the outside, they seem like an unlikely couple. But looks can be deceiving and besides, opposites attract. What starts as friendship, turns into admiration, respect and caring, until finally these two lone souls find they are truly in love with each other. But staying in love is not as easy as falling in love. If Dylan and Gray want their love to last, they’re going to have to work at it. And learn that sometimes love means having to say you’re sorry. *Received for review from publisher for honest review* Review:   This was a refr...